Picnic site
Widow's Row Car Park
Widow's Row Car Park is a picnic site, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Slieve Donard stands 849 m to the south-southwest, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Dundrum Boat Park, a picnic site 0.3 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 28 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
Coordinates54.26430, -5.83794
- 27.8 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Tonn Ruray Sculptural Horn: 0.3 mi
- On the Way to the Fair: 2.0 mi
- Tails of Flight: 4.0 mi
- Percy French: 4.1 mi
- Crab Claw: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
- Clough Castle: 1.9 mi
- Seaforde House: 3.8 mi
- Castle Screen: 3.9 mi
- Nut Grove House: 4.3 mi
- Tea House: 4.6 mi
Peaks
- Bunkers Hill: 3.9 mi
- Curlets Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Slievehanny: 4.7 mi
- Slievenaslat: 4.9 mi
- Clonvaraghan Mountain: 4.9 mi
Parks
- Castle Park: 4.3 mi
- Harrison Vista: 4.4 mi
- Donard Park: 4.7 mi
- Castlewellan Forest Park: 4.9 mi
- The Grove Recreation Area: 6.4 mi
Cliffs: 50
- Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 4.7 mi
- Spinkanee: 4.7 mi
- Eagle Rock: 6.3 mi
- The Castles: 7.0 mi
- Slieve Beg: 7.4 mi
Gardens: 45
- Seaforde Gardens: 4.0 mi
- Nutgrove Garden: 4.3 mi
- Spring Garden: 4.5 mi
- The Annesley Garden: 4.6 mi
- Scented Garden: 4.6 mi
Attractions: 43
- Mount Panther Farm Park: 0.9 mi
- The Starks Find Direwolf Pups: 5.6 mi
- The Wildling Pit: 5.8 mi
- The King in the North: 6.6 mi
- St Patrick's Chair: 7.7 mi
Picnic sites: 26
- Dundrum Boat Park: 0.3 mi
- Greenbanks picnic site: 0.5 mi
- Dundrum Inner Bay: 1.4 mi
- Clough Picnic Site: 1.7 mi
- Twelve Arches Recreation Area: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves: 18
- Murlough National Nature Reserve: 1.6 mi
- Murlough Nature Reserve: 2.3 mi
- Tollymore Forest Park Entrance: 4.3 mi
- Hollymount Forest nature reserve: 5.2 mi
- Bohill Nature Reserve: 5.5 mi
Museums: 18
- Carriage Gallery: 6.3 mi
- St. Patricks Visitor Centre: 6.5 mi
- Down County Museum: 6.5 mi
- Linen Centre and Museum: 18.9 mi
- Greenore Railway Museum: 20.0 mi
Springs: 10
- St Patrick's Well: 1.0 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 7.7 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 7.7 mi
- Toberasool: 8.0 mi
- Mearing Well: 8.3 mi
Beaches: 6
- Tyrella Beach: 4.1 mi
- Rossglass Beach: 6.0 mi
- Gilpin Harbour: 11.8 mi
- Mill Quarter Beach: 12.6 mi
- Kilclief Beach: 12.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Black Stairs: 5.7 mi
- Stepping Stones: 15.9 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Widow's Row Car Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Donard | SSW 210° | 849 m | 6.7 mi |
| Slieve Commedagh | SW 218° | 767 m | 6.6 mi |
| Slieve Bearnagh | SW 228° | 739 m | 8.2 mi |
| Slievelamagan | SW 217° | 702.2 m | 8.5 mi |
| Slieve Meelbeg | SW 231° | 701.9 m | 8.8 mi |
| Slieve Meelmore | SW 232° | 687 m | 8.4 mi |
| Slieve Bearnagh North Tor | SW 228° | 680 m | 8.0 mi |
| Slieve Binnian North Top | SW 218° | 678 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 17:49 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 21:02 | 22:02 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:38 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:43 | 14:51 | 16:02 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
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